'Absolutely no reason for delay': Where are the UK's promised post-Brexit environmental principles?

Cecilia Keating
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A rural country scene in Hampshire, England | Credit: iStock
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A rural country scene in Hampshire, England | Credit: iStock

Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) urges next Prime Minister to rapidly roll out environmental legal principles right across Whitehall in order to support robust policymaking

The process of developing the UK's post-Brexit environmental principles has dragged for four years, and there can be no more excuses for any further delays to their implementation across Whitehall...

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